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= Squirrel Stapler =

== Squirrel Stapler is a horror game that pays a tribute to old PC hunting games. It is part of the Dread X Collection 2. The game tells the story of a man who kills squirrels to staple them to the skinned body of his wife. ==

Characters

 * Unnamed Protagonist
 * Unnamed Protagonist's Wife
 * God (main antagonist)
 * Vengeful Squirrel Ghosts (enemy)
 * Squirrel Bear (enemy)
 * Unnamed Artist (mentioned in story)
 * Unnamed Magical Elderly Woman (mentioned in story)
 * Unnamed Half-Woman (mentioned in story)
 * The Goat of the Wood (mentioned in a note)
 * Unnamed Reporter

Day 1
The game starts with the protagonist waking up in his small old hunting cabin. There is a mattress in one corner of the room (where the protagonist sleeps) and a bucket in another corner (implied to be the bathroom). On the wall, there is a corpse (the protagonist's wife whom he had killed earlier) nailed to the wall. It is skinless and is missing its head, hands, and feet. The protagonist tells the player that they "came here to get away from it all" until he ended up killing her for an unknown reason. He says his wife now looks ugly due to rotting away and having flies around it and wants her to be beautiful like the squirrels outside the cabin, so he decides to go out and kill squirrels to nail to her remains. When the protagonist goes through the cabin, he finds a pentagram drawn in blood in a room with boxes (presumably the storage room) with a note which reads "Sayeth The Goat of the Wood, "thou shall not staple squirrels"". Written near the front door in blood is a message that reads "In 5 days God is coming". Once the protagonist leaves, he finds a dead squirrel which has died from eating poisonous grass. He then proceeds through the forest where he kills 4 squirrels, collecting notes with facts about squirrels along the way. When the protagonist goes to the middle of the map, he reaches the mountains with a metal tower and a brick building (presumably used for electricity), inside of which is the first part of a story called "The Lady". The story is of a lonely artist who buys a paintbrush made with a woman's hair, and he paints a picture of what he imagines that woman to look like. However, he later learns that the paintbrush hairs were actually that of a wild boar. The first part of the story concludes there, with a note at the bottom saying to return tomorrow for the next part. Then Protagonist travels to the top left of the map finding a bunker of sorts with closed doors. To the right of the door is a note titled "Report 1". The Report states that there is nothing of note, as with recalibration (of an unspecified device) fixed any abnormalities of concern. Lastly the note states that their is noises in the night, the Unnamed Reporter presumes it is squirrels. The report ends stating there will be another tomorrow. The protagonist then returns to his cabin where he staples the dead squirrels to his wife's corpse, then goes to sleep.

Day 2
The protagonist once again goes out to find more squirrels to kill for his wife. He picks up 2 more dead squirrels that died from eating poisonous grass, then goes out to the forest and kills 3 more while collecting more squirrel fact notes. He also finds multiple vengeful, ghost squirrels (will harm protagonist) and a big squirrel, which he then kills. When he goes back to the brick building, he finds the next chapter of "The Lady". In this chapter, the artist meets a magical elderly woman who casts a spell on his painting to bring it to life. However, he remembers too late that he only painted the woman from the waist up. The Protagonist then goes back to the bunker to find the second report. The report states that there are abnormalities occurring irregularly, and though re-calibration fixes them, they always manifest once again. They also note they consistently find dead squirrels outside. The protagonist returns to the cabin, staples the dead squirrels to his wife, and finds a note which has somehow been written by his wife, saying that she doesn't want the squirrels and wants skin instead, and threatens that if she doesn't get her skin back, she'll take his. The protagonist then goes back to sleep.

Day 3
The protagonist mentions that he heard something scratching on the window of the shed last night, and should look for tracks. This introduces the squirrel bear, an enemy that may cause substantial damage to the protagonist, and is attracted to noise produced by the protagonist's rifle. After picking up 2 more poisoned squirrels, he finds a pair of large, abnormal squirrel tracks leading to the shed. He then returns to the forest, kills 3 more squirrels and another big squirrel, and collects multiple squirrel "facts" (and it's becoming clear that these are not actual facts), all while encountering more squirrel ghosts. He also goes back to the brick building and finds chapter 3 of "The Lady". The artist was disgusted and scared by the half-woman that was brought to life, who was screaming, wailing, and crawling around trailing blood and intestines behind her. The elderly woman then asks him to kill the half-woman. At the bunker the Protagonist finds report 3 where the Unnamed Reporter seems frantic and upset stating that there is something else in the woods, something that scratches at the pavement, leaves tacks and dead mutilated bodies of squirrels nearby. They ask what they should do next. When the protagonist returns to the cabin, he finds the corpse of his wife sitting at the dining table in the kitchen. He staples the squirrels he has to her and then goes back to sleep.

Day 4
The protagonist's wife has returned back to her place on the wall. When the protagonist goes out, he collects another poisoned squirrel and then goes back into the forest, killing 4 more squirrels and another big squirrel, collecting more squirrel "facts" (which are becoming sinister), and encountering more squirrel bear and squirrel ghost enemies. He also returns to the brick building to read chapter 4 of "The Lady". The artist, realizing he had no choice but to obey the elderly woman's orders, kills the half-woman by brutally chopping her into pieces with an axe. While at the building, the protagonist's wife will appear behind him, but when the protagonist turns around she will do nothing and just remain in place. At the bunker is report 4 where it seems the reporter is going mad, stating that the creature mentioned in the previous reports is in the concrete searching for their brain. Then they state when their brain is taken away, they will then "come for you" in order to get "your" brain. They mock, and depict how they have already mutilated their target(in theory, to state that their threat is so truthful and accomplish-able, that it has practically already happened). The protagonist then returns to his cabin, and finding his wife has also returned, he staples the squirrel corpses to her, and goes to sleep.

Day 5
The protagonist knows that today is the day that God is coming. He picks up 2 more dead squirrels and then proceeds into the forest where he kills 3 more and another big squirrel, collects some more squirrel facts (which are even more sinister than before), and finds more squirrel bear and squirrel ghost enemies. He also returns to the brick building to read the final chapter of "The Lady". The artist is distraught over what has happened, and literally yells at the old woman over the horrors she's brought upon him, and asks her how she can possibly bring anything good from this situation. She replies that the half-woman's remains will make a good stew, so they prepare that and eat it. But the stew is poisonous, and they both die. The story ends with a metaphor: "art will eventually kill the artist". At the bunker the final report "Report 5" states "Please disregard previous reports. Everything is quiet".

After the protagonist has killed and collected all of the squirrels, there are eerie voices all around telling him that "God is coming" repeatedly, getting louder and louder as a timer counts down. The protagonist cannot go back into the cabin at this time. When the timer finishes, the voices, now louder than ever, will repeatedly yell out "God is here" and the sound of God making some horrible noise can be heard getting louder and louder. When the protagonist turns around, God (who is shown as a giant, mutilated squirrel head, with two appendages curled around it, and it's brain exposed) will appear behind him. The game then immediately cuts to black, and then back to the title screen.

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